Abstract
In Morocco, like in many developing countries, people usually tend to turn to unconventional therapies. An ethnophycological survey was realized to inventory seaweeds used in complementary Moroccan medicine. One hundred ninety-one (191) consumers and thirty-one (31) traditional healers were interviewed on seaweed food-related diseases using standardized questionnaires. The survey was conducted in some cities in Morocco. After gathering all the information, the data obtained were analyzed and summarized. The investigation has displayed emerging phycotherapy in Morocco. Consumers' knowledge about seaweeds is complex and various. Yet, most of them are convinced of their nutraceutical benefits for a healthy lifestyle. The healers strongly support the reliability of their recommendations in treating health problems according to what the literature shows. The present study has made a contribution in giving a clear picture of the status quo of dietary seaweeds therapies in Morocco, which is revealed as an emerging practice needed to renovate pharmacopeia. Therefore, it has allowed us to list some seaweeds that haven't been considered in any scientific investigation before, which will be subject afterward to pharmacological tests to prove the claimed uses.
Highlights
Malnutrition can be defined as a pathological status resulting from the undernourishment by deficiency or overfeeding by excess, relative or absolute, of one or more essential nutrients [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Nutritional recovery may influence both short and long term health outcomes by adequate food supplies [18]. International organizations such as the World Health Organization(WHO), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations of International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and governments have shown a growing interest in compounds derived from unconventional food with health-promoting effects [19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
Those justify the search for new therapeutic approaches, including the use of dietary seaweeds from the traditional pharmacopeia
Summary
Malnutrition can be defined as a pathological status resulting from the undernourishment by deficiency or overfeeding by excess, relative or absolute, of one or more essential nutrients [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] This may involve biological, psychological, familial, and sociocultural factors, each interacting throughout evolution and maintain infections leading to weakened immunity, increased sensibility to diseases, physical and mental developmental delay, and reduced productivity [11, 12, 13, 14]. Those justify the search for new therapeutic approaches, including the use of dietary seaweeds from the traditional pharmacopeia
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